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. >>> moonlighting in nevada. ron paul gets some unexpected support. >> he knows what women's needs, you want a man who knows his way around a woman. that should help his caucus performing. all that and more now on "countdown"! good evening. this is friday february 3rd, 278 days until the 2012 presidential election. i am david shuster sitting in for keith olbermann. unemployment has fallen again presenting the g.o.p. with a dlema. g.o.p. thinks they can sweep with one theme: they are the only ones who can turn the economy around. unfortunately for them, the numbers indicate they are wrong. employers added 243,000 jobs last month, dropping the unemployment rate from 8.5% to 8.3. beyond that good news the overall trend seemed positive, too. january was 7th straight month of job growth. the unemployment rate has dropped bringing us to the lowest rate in nearly three years. good news for millions of americans and for president obama who used the news to pressure congress to pass extensions of the payroll tax cut and u
. >>> moonlighting in nevada. ron paul gets some unexpected support. >> he knows what women's needs, you want a man who knows his way around a woman. that should help his caucus performing. all that and more now on "countdown"! good evening. this is friday february 3rd, 278 days until the 2012 presidential election. i am david shuster sitting in for keith olbermann. unemployment has fallen again presenting the g.o.p. with a dlema. g.o.p. thinks they can sweep with one...
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reflies from nevada to iowa -- wait -- nevada iowa to ohio, and all of these states have early voting. look. in nevada where 11% of the population has already voted there are good signs for the democrats. 45% democrats, 35 republican. in iowa almost a quarter of the stated has already voted, 47% democrats, 31% republicans. in ohio counter insurgency effort by republicans. that state doesn't report party affiliation so we have less intel there, but we know that 8% of turned in their ballots. and the president is ahead in the polls there. now let's take a look on the ground. in ohio the obama campaign has 131 field offices. meanwhile the romney army -- maybe i should say navy -- has just 40. in iowa, the president, 66 field offices, romney has ten. in nevada 26 for obama, ten for romney. i was reviewing the troops if florida and virginia, waves of bah -- battalions each day. face-to-face target contacts with target voters at their homes/barracks. thousands are troops are sent out daily. their instructions get commit to vote early for the president, including a time and date that they wi
reflies from nevada to iowa -- wait -- nevada iowa to ohio, and all of these states have early voting. look. in nevada where 11% of the population has already voted there are good signs for the democrats. 45% democrats, 35 republican. in iowa almost a quarter of the stated has already voted, 47% democrats, 31% republicans. in ohio counter insurgency effort by republicans. that state doesn't report party affiliation so we have less intel there, but we know that 8% of turned in their ballots. and...
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they're in nevada, which is a swing state. that's a wink, wink, nod nod vote our way or we might fire you. they didn't say who to vote for on the presidential ticket, but i don't know if you could figure it out in this report watch. >> i created 250,000 direct and indirect jobs. that's exactly--the number is 250,000. that's 250,000 more than this interest, who i'll be damned if i want to have him lecture me about small business and jobs. i'm a job creator. guys like me are job creators. we don't like having a bull's eye painted on our back and the president as tried to put himself between me an my employees. >> how. >> by class warfare. by deprecating and calling a group that makes money billionaires and millionaires who don't pay their share. >> cenk: wait a minute. you are billionaires and millionaires and you're paying one of the lowest tax rates in american history. by pointing out the reality putting me between me and my employees--because he goes on picnics with his employees all the time and obama has got in the way. >>
they're in nevada, which is a swing state. that's a wink, wink, nod nod vote our way or we might fire you. they didn't say who to vote for on the presidential ticket, but i don't know if you could figure it out in this report watch. >> i created 250,000 direct and indirect jobs. that's exactly--the number is 250,000. that's 250,000 more than this interest, who i'll be damned if i want to have him lecture me about small business and jobs. i'm a job creator. guys like me are job creators....
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, and you have a top republican saying nevada is going with obama. wins wisconsin which has the president up two or three points. then you add iowa or new hampshire which the polls may an slight obama lead but even if romney runs the table and gets every state that currently has it as a dead heat, florida, virginia, iowa, new hampshire, as long as president obama still holds on to ohio, nevada and wisconsin no matter what the national pop lay vote, the president gets 271 and he wins. >> eliot: if i hear you properly what is going on here, even though the national polls are saying this thing is closing up, mitt romney is making this thing an interesting horse race to watch, it isn't good enough in this race, 270 is the magical number. after all the talk of momentum for mitt romney, that number four seems to be constant. with early voting there, is it going to be possible for mitt romney to get those critical electelectoral votes. >> no president has ever within the presidency without winning ohio and mitt romney doesn't see a path of doing it without
, and you have a top republican saying nevada is going with obama. wins wisconsin which has the president up two or three points. then you add iowa or new hampshire which the polls may an slight obama lead but even if romney runs the table and gets every state that currently has it as a dead heat, florida, virginia, iowa, new hampshire, as long as president obama still holds on to ohio, nevada and wisconsin no matter what the national pop lay vote, the president gets 271 and he wins. >>...
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missouri montana north doc missouri and washington and nevada. for more on the push, let's bring back reed wilson, editor and chief of the hotline. welcome back. these five races i just listed, $4.2 million will crossroads gps continue this from now until november. are we just going to have watch week by week? >> it looks like they're vying for the following week, it looks like they put down $3 million for the following week. crossroads and crossroads gps are two organizations that have a lot of money. they can forward to be afford to be on the quite awhile. >> eliot: around just to do the simple math, 52, in the context of the money they're raising they could continue with this pace without making a huge dent compared to the money they're spending. >> of course, as time goes on, television advertising gets more competitive. there is limited advertising and advertising slots. that means everything gets more expensive as they go. it's not going to have the punch that $4 million in late october will have. >> eliot: they may have bought up all the a
missouri montana north doc missouri and washington and nevada. for more on the push, let's bring back reed wilson, editor and chief of the hotline. welcome back. these five races i just listed, $4.2 million will crossroads gps continue this from now until november. are we just going to have watch week by week? >> it looks like they're vying for the following week, it looks like they put down $3 million for the following week. crossroads and crossroads gps are two organizations that have a...
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. >> what part of nevada are you from? >> we're from australia. >> nevada is a swing state, but colorado is also a swing state. are you getting inundated with ads. >> oh my gosh. it's horrible. >> does it make you more engaged in the process or less. >> less. i turn the station now. i'm not even watching the tv now. i don't want to hear it we got to catch the bus. >> not a good time if you're in vegas. >> i have another headache from my holiday costume. have you seen that show britney and abby? they were conjoined. i was that, britney and abby. i had an extra head. >> who do you think is ahead. >> romney all the way. >> why? >> obama is not the biggest fan here. >> of gambling? >> no, obama is just--nobody likes him here. >> the odds are-- >> they don't like him over here. >> yet you're in agreement. >> i don't like him either. >> how come? >> he sucks. he has ruined the economy in in the last four years basically. he needs to go. >> it's funny to make fun of conjoined twins. >> selma hayek. >> let me ask you a question ab
. >> what part of nevada are you from? >> we're from australia. >> nevada is a swing state, but colorado is also a swing state. are you getting inundated with ads. >> oh my gosh. it's horrible. >> does it make you more engaged in the process or less. >> less. i turn the station now. i'm not even watching the tv now. i don't want to hear it we got to catch the bus. >> not a good time if you're in vegas. >> i have another headache from my holiday...
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while the nevada virginia and colorado races are close, mitt romney chose to campaign today in pennsylvania. he told the crowd at the military academy. >> romney: i want to take that big cloud off of the small business world that is hang over them. three-quarters say they don't want to hire more people because of obamacare. [ cheers ] >> eliot: despite the fact that he sited his romney care act as a great success. meanwhile, both sides are gearing up for next week's big event. wednesday's first presidential debate between the two contenders. both sides are working hard to shape expectations. beth myers sent out a memo that read in part . . . and obama campaign senior strategy david axelrod wrote, and i quote . . . for more on the expectations gain i'm joined by brent brent coburn. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> eliot: the expectation game, could we agree for the moment they are both really smart guys and we're hopefully going to have a good debate about substance. >> that's our hope. the debates a great opportunity for the american people tune in and the candidates tell
while the nevada virginia and colorado races are close, mitt romney chose to campaign today in pennsylvania. he told the crowd at the military academy. >> romney: i want to take that big cloud off of the small business world that is hang over them. three-quarters say they don't want to hire more people because of obamacare. [ cheers ] >> eliot: despite the fact that he sited his romney care act as a great success. meanwhile, both sides are gearing up for next week's big event....
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is he going to have a problem in nevada? >> he has to work for every single vote. there is certainly a lack of enthusiasm that is just not there four years later. but i think they will focus on the things they have done over the last three and a half years to make life better. and one thing he needs to trumpet more is passage of the healthcare program. when it kicks in in 2014 it will benefit significantly the hispanic community. i think the president will be age to counter -- if romney is the nominee all of the statements are going to be used against, because it shows a candidate that is clearly out of touch with every day people. he says he is worried about the very pour because there is a social safety net, but in the same breath he is saying he is going to cut the social safety nets. >> thank you for coming in. and charles i'm going to ask that you hang out with a minute because we'll only one who thinks an amendment to the constitution may be in order. that's next on "the war room." >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the r
is he going to have a problem in nevada? >> he has to work for every single vote. there is certainly a lack of enthusiasm that is just not there four years later. but i think they will focus on the things they have done over the last three and a half years to make life better. and one thing he needs to trumpet more is passage of the healthcare program. when it kicks in in 2014 it will benefit significantly the hispanic community. i think the president will be age to counter -- if romney...
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together there. >> jennifer: so many people have made up their mind and acted upon that early. >> in nevada, another state where the latino vote is really changing the picture. >> jennifer: you were there. you saw some of that, too. >> just last week. crowds of californians are going there. have gone there for the last three weekends, particularly to with a shaw county which is a swing county near reno and down by vegas. those two areas are just a hotbed of activity right now. >> jennifer: all of the swing states, all of the stuff is going on even while everybody's attention is focused on the east. >> completely. >> jennifer: and do you think -- i mean we've seen obviously the president -- being presidential. we've seen mitt romney as well. are there missteps here? >> on the president's side, he looked picture perfect today. a picture of leadership. a picture of bipartisanship. absolutely. working with you know, mayor bloomberg, governor cuomo governor christie, all across the aisle and i have to say that he just played it exactly right. romney, on the other hand, tried to be above the fray
together there. >> jennifer: so many people have made up their mind and acted upon that early. >> in nevada, another state where the latino vote is really changing the picture. >> jennifer: you were there. you saw some of that, too. >> just last week. crowds of californians are going there. have gone there for the last three weekends, particularly to with a shaw county which is a swing county near reno and down by vegas. those two areas are just a hotbed of activity...
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up next a brothel in nevada tried to give donations to the ron paul planned parenthood. anna talked to a conservative and it got a little contentious. drama, when we return. >> in a part of nevada when are prostitution is legal, the ladies at a brothel have endorsed ron paul. they say dr. paul has some special skills. and in indianapolis where the patriots are favored over the giants is on the new news network. >>welcome to the war room. >>jennifer granholm joins current tv. she's a political trail-blazer. >>make your voice heard. >>detremined to find solutions. >>that partnership in order to invest in our country is critical. >>driven to find the truth. >>how did romney get his groove back? >>fearless, independent and above all, politically direct. >> yesterday on this program, we reported on the full-throated endorsement donald trump gave to mitt romney. today we have an update on another endorsement: for ron paul. as you know, paul is a libertarian and he believes the legalization of drugs and prostitution should be up to individual states. >> if i leave it to the sta
up next a brothel in nevada tried to give donations to the ron paul planned parenthood. anna talked to a conservative and it got a little contentious. drama, when we return. >> in a part of nevada when are prostitution is legal, the ladies at a brothel have endorsed ron paul. they say dr. paul has some special skills. and in indianapolis where the patriots are favored over the giants is on the new news network. >>welcome to the war room. >>jennifer granholm joins current tv....
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the numbers could not be tighter, according to the latest poll, the president leads by two points in nevada one point in colorado, and iowa is a dead-even tie. joining me to talk about the is frank bruni and political correspondent for "the atlantic" molly ball. frank i have been a huge fan of your columns. thrilled that you are here. >> thank you. >> this presidential race is getting ugly early. >> yeah. >> does that pose a greater risk for president obama that he the notion that he is a positive force? does he risk losing that last vest age of hope and change. >> he risks some damage here, because he is not the first one to say i'm going to try to float above all of this. but i think he was more heavily invested in that persona that other politicians have been. so he risked losing some independents who liked his message back in 2008. >> the notion of the obama presidency was things will look different. and the more typical things begin to look the more he and romney will be on the same playing field. >> i think most voters understand this is a brawl, and people found him insufficiently tr
the numbers could not be tighter, according to the latest poll, the president leads by two points in nevada one point in colorado, and iowa is a dead-even tie. joining me to talk about the is frank bruni and political correspondent for "the atlantic" molly ball. frank i have been a huge fan of your columns. thrilled that you are here. >> thank you. >> this presidential race is getting ugly early. >> yeah. >> does that pose a greater risk for president obama...
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. >> and he is also leading in nevada 50 to 45. >> and he is also leading in wisconsin and iowa and some of these rust belt areas, michigan as well. >> yeah. >> but it shows that some of the hits that they are throwing at romney painting him as a rich guy, painting him as the bain stuff, what the republicans call class war fair is sinking in. ohio the economic numbers are better there. the unemployment numbers are lower. and that might be reflecting. >> i think the recent experience of the industrial midwest regardless of what the numbers are right now, the recent experience of people who went through the trauma, the personal trauma of having lost their jobs or having had their jobs out sourced or having worked for a manufacturing firm that was taken over by a private equity firm. that's what i think you are seeing play out. >> right. >> there is a new ad that the president put out today. let's look at that. >> i believe in fighting for the middle class, because if they are prospering all of us will prosper! that's the idea of america! and that's why america is the greatest nation on ear
. >> and he is also leading in nevada 50 to 45. >> and he is also leading in wisconsin and iowa and some of these rust belt areas, michigan as well. >> yeah. >> but it shows that some of the hits that they are throwing at romney painting him as a rich guy, painting him as the bain stuff, what the republicans call class war fair is sinking in. ohio the economic numbers are better there. the unemployment numbers are lower. and that might be reflecting. >> i think the...
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all of the experts that looked at nevada's economy say that nevada needs to diversify. so what are those presidential candidates offering to help the state diversify its economy. we also are going to go to michigan. michigan is a state clearly that has -- near and dear to my heart, and michigan has a couple of things that is -- i think are interesting for the presidential race. one is an auto industry on the rebound. all of the statistics about michigan say that michigan is in fact going to do very well in this coming year going to be one of the quick estates to rebound because of that intervention by the president to the auto industry. and the second issue for michigan that i think is significant for romney is romney opposed the bailout of the auto industry on the one hand and on the other hand romney's father was the governor of michigan. so was hi. but the vice president delivered his speech. it was a company mr. biden applauded for keeping jobs in michigan and not outsourcing them overseas. i would like for you to listen to what the biden crowd and what he was sayin
all of the experts that looked at nevada's economy say that nevada needs to diversify. so what are those presidential candidates offering to help the state diversify its economy. we also are going to go to michigan. michigan is a state clearly that has -- near and dear to my heart, and michigan has a couple of things that is -- i think are interesting for the presidential race. one is an auto industry on the rebound. all of the statistics about michigan say that michigan is in fact going to do...
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and the most recent polls in nevada and new hampshire have him up there as well. check this out! 332 electoral votes to 188 according -- i think i just knocked that out. to 191. that's from today. the only swing state that shows he is down -- actually tied today but down over all is in north carolina. and then there's pennsylvania. the romney camp made a $120,000 ad buy yesterday and three super pacs supporting romney have poured $6 million into pennsylvania just this week. why, you might ask? well, it's all part of their plan to quote, expand the electoral map. the president is up by four points in pennsylvania and they are still pouring all of that money into it. the poll out today was a franklin and marshall poll. and david axelrod placed an interesting range isser on whether the participate would take minnesota, michigan or pennsylvania. >> i will shave off my mustache if we lose any of those states. >> jennifer: that put david axelrod on the side of the american mustache lobby. and the american mustache institute put out a statement saying, quote . . . >> jennifer: all kiddi
and the most recent polls in nevada and new hampshire have him up there as well. check this out! 332 electoral votes to 188 according -- i think i just knocked that out. to 191. that's from today. the only swing state that shows he is down -- actually tied today but down over all is in north carolina. and then there's pennsylvania. the romney camp made a $120,000 ad buy yesterday and three super pacs supporting romney have poured $6 million into pennsylvania just this week. why, you might ask?...
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nevada at 15.1%. colorado 15.7%. swing states where you're winning by a margin of 3-1 this can really shift those tightly tightly-fought states. answer for me, why was mitt romney so tone deaf on the issue of immigration? >> well, you know, it's not just mitt romney. it's the republican party really. when they had the tea party waved and most of the moderate republicans were swept out of office because they lost primary elections to these very extreme tea party candidate tea party candidates are completely wrong on the issue of immigration and they're amped up with their rhetoric. i think the republican party has a lot of soul searching to do. here in the state of california republican registration has dipped below 30% for the first tame. they're quickly becoming a permanent minority party. they've completely missed the boat on immigration. we're a country of immigrants. the majority of people regardless of their political affiliation think that immigration is good for this country, and it revitalizes this country. m
nevada at 15.1%. colorado 15.7%. swing states where you're winning by a margin of 3-1 this can really shift those tightly tightly-fought states. answer for me, why was mitt romney so tone deaf on the issue of immigration? >> well, you know, it's not just mitt romney. it's the republican party really. when they had the tea party waved and most of the moderate republicans were swept out of office because they lost primary elections to these very extreme tea party candidate tea party...
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santorum had 13 delegates he got three in nevada. play the music let's get it going. [ quick music ] >> ron paul got 5 votes making him go from 3 to 8 delegates and newt gingrich got 6 pushing him from 23 to 29. let's see it play out on the big board. [ quick yodel ] >> cool! thought that might take longer, but that's okay. that's fine. all right, next up is our big winner, mitt romney, who took home 14 delegates pushing him from 71 to 85. [ quick yodel ] [ wind blowing ] >> well that would be a little more exciting to watch. well don't workers we only have a thousand delegates left, so keep tuning in with our visual scoring mechanism. i'm brett erlich, and i'm done talking now. [ yodeling ] >> what is that? tomorrow in the war room we have two political insiders revealing the dirty side of politics. opposition research and how it can take down the office seekers around the country. and etc. caucus day. colorado, minnesota and a primary in missouri. we're following each of the candidates' last manufacture minute run for votes. that a
santorum had 13 delegates he got three in nevada. play the music let's get it going. [ quick music ] >> ron paul got 5 votes making him go from 3 to 8 delegates and newt gingrich got 6 pushing him from 23 to 29. let's see it play out on the big board. [ quick yodel ] >> cool! thought that might take longer, but that's okay. that's fine. all right, next up is our big winner, mitt romney, who took home 14 delegates pushing him from 71 to 85. [ quick yodel ] [ wind blowing ] >>...
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i also believe that shelley berkeley can win in nevada as well. i also believe that president obama is going to win that state, but i think one of the reasons why we're going to have to [ inaudible ] in nevada and jamal you saw it firsthand, the infrastructure that the senate majority leader harry reid has built up in that state since 2006 on. i mean part of that infrastructure that helped him win and retain his seat in 2010 and the republicans have nothing like it. it's interesting. one of the things that democrats did and what senator reid did to help build up that infrastructure was [ inaudible ] in 2008. and having those caucuses held in nevada and you think of all of the money and democratic people that came in the people that they were able to register because of that. and then in this election republicans for the most part just bypassed nevada. they gave mitt romney a free pass. there wasn't much of a battle in nevada in this past republican primary, and i think that republican candidates in nevada are going to pay the price for that, for n
i also believe that shelley berkeley can win in nevada as well. i also believe that president obama is going to win that state, but i think one of the reasons why we're going to have to [ inaudible ] in nevada and jamal you saw it firsthand, the infrastructure that the senate majority leader harry reid has built up in that state since 2006 on. i mean part of that infrastructure that helped him win and retain his seat in 2010 and the republicans have nothing like it. it's interesting. one of the...
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results are unchanged frankly from their poll released on october 10th in nevada. it is better. still not good enough. before you start pulling your hair out you political junkies and progressives, there are a few thinks you need to consider. all of these poll numbers are within the margin of error. and more importantly, "new york times" 538 blogger nate silver who has an astonishingly strong track record predicts president obama will win at least virginia and nevada. nate silver also says that president obama has a 71% chance of winning the election today if it were held. just yesterday that number was 68%. so some movement in the right direction. so what is president obama's campaign doing to recapture, to maintain the lead in those swing states? for an answer, we're going to turn to stephanie cutter in chicago. stephanie is president obama's deputy campaign manager. stephanie, so great to have you inside room. thanks forjoining us. >> thanks for having me. it is a pleasure. >> jennifer: all right. so what's the latest data you can give us on early voting? >> governor, we are
results are unchanged frankly from their poll released on october 10th in nevada. it is better. still not good enough. before you start pulling your hair out you political junkies and progressives, there are a few thinks you need to consider. all of these poll numbers are within the margin of error. and more importantly, "new york times" 538 blogger nate silver who has an astonishingly strong track record predicts president obama will win at least virginia and nevada. nate silver also...
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. >> actually there are a few more gop caucuses before the general election, starting nevada. as for the poll. >> despite his defeat and every-sliding polls, gingrich insisted he still has path to the republican nomination. >> this will be a two-person race between the conservative leader newt gingrich and the massachusetts moderate. we are going to contest every place, and we are going to win, and we will be in tampa the nominee in august. >> though rick said newt had already blown his chance. >> it didn't work. who became the issue? we can't allow our nominee to be the issue in the campaign. >> ron paul's pitiful numbers didn't seem to effect him at all. >> we will spending our time in the caucus states because if you have an irate minority you do very well in the caucus state. >> the majority or at least the plurality to win an election that and stacks of cash. president obama is in the lead, but that advantage could soon be swamped if it hasn't already by waves of gop fund-raising. the super pacs brought in $51 million in 2011. mitt romney raised $57 million for his campai
. >> actually there are a few more gop caucuses before the general election, starting nevada. as for the poll. >> despite his defeat and every-sliding polls, gingrich insisted he still has path to the republican nomination. >> this will be a two-person race between the conservative leader newt gingrich and the massachusetts moderate. we are going to contest every place, and we are going to win, and we will be in tampa the nominee in august. >> though rick said newt had...
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in the three states, iowa, colorado and nevada, president obama won those states in 2008. as you can see there, 44-44 tie in iowa colorado very close, and then nevada also incredibly close. so now, of course, the question is, is the president going the wrong way? and in some ways i think that he is, but you know what, one thing that i definitely approve of is the latest attack ad he has got out questioning mitt romney's record in massachusetts as governor. >> people want to know what i stand for, they can look at my record as governor. >> there was that promise and hope that romney would deliver with jobs, and grow the economy here in massachusetts and that did not materialize. >> i will fight to keep our tax rate down during my term. >> he found very quickly once he was in office that he couldn't deliver on any services without having sufficient resources. >> america right now is the same plan that he sold to the people in massachusetts in 2002. less government, less debt better business, and less taxes. the result was the opposite. more fees, less business more debt, big
in the three states, iowa, colorado and nevada, president obama won those states in 2008. as you can see there, 44-44 tie in iowa colorado very close, and then nevada also incredibly close. so now, of course, the question is, is the president going the wrong way? and in some ways i think that he is, but you know what, one thing that i definitely approve of is the latest attack ad he has got out questioning mitt romney's record in massachusetts as governor. >> people want to know what i...
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. >> baldwin in wisconsin nevada, we've got to keep people like claire mckassical. >> from michigan. >> the only way we're going to sub seed at emily's lift is if women and men around this country who are ready to stop this war on women and get these women elected. this is how we're going to stop this. >> and contribute to emily's list. >> come on over to emily's list. >> thank you so much for coming. appreciate the work you do. >> still a lot more a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a >>this is outrageous! we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. ttv
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look like they are going to go for obama. >> i think the president is up something like six points in nevada which is a huge deal for him. >> bill: yeah, that's six leaning republican, they only have two. arizona and north carolina. and north carolina could still go the other way. >> yeah. >> bill: in the middle toss up and this is what it really comes down to, seven colorado, florida, iowa -- where i think the president is still up -- new hampshire -- which last i saw the president is still up -- ohio which is the president is up by five at least in one poll -- virginia president within it last time. >> tim kaine is doing very well there, about 50%. >> bill: and wisconsin. >> the "washington post" poll had the president up in virginia. >> four points, yeah. >> bill: so romney has got a long way to go. >> a long way to go. it has to be a perfect perfect election for him to make this work. to get to work, go door-to-door show up, and get those people to the polls. >> bill: and also it shows why the lack of focus on the campaign, because of the hurricane this week, and the nesty to cancel even
look like they are going to go for obama. >> i think the president is up something like six points in nevada which is a huge deal for him. >> bill: yeah, that's six leaning republican, they only have two. arizona and north carolina. and north carolina could still go the other way. >> yeah. >> bill: in the middle toss up and this is what it really comes down to, seven colorado, florida, iowa -- where i think the president is still up -- new hampshire -- which last i saw...
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in village, 89% nevada, 116%. there is still a relatively small segment of the population in these states on the order of, say, 3 to 9%, but in tight swing states every vote counts. remember what happened in florida in 2000? al gore lost by 537 votes. so what do we know about how asian americans will vote? so here are the numbers: 53% of asians identify themselves as democrats. 16% as republicans. and perhaps most interesting 31% are intents. this is a huge opportunity right there. up for grabs. joining me now are david lee, political science professor a lot san francisco university and executive director of chinese-american voters and bill wong, political director of the asian american small business pac. thank you to you both. bill let me start with you. why doesn't the asian american community get the same amount of attention as, say, latinos or african-americans? >> well, it really depends upon what you mean by "attention ". if you look at from a policy standpoint, for example, i think that the reasons why the
in village, 89% nevada, 116%. there is still a relatively small segment of the population in these states on the order of, say, 3 to 9%, but in tight swing states every vote counts. remember what happened in florida in 2000? al gore lost by 537 votes. so what do we know about how asian americans will vote? so here are the numbers: 53% of asians identify themselves as democrats. 16% as republicans. and perhaps most interesting 31% are intents. this is a huge opportunity right there. up for...
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the next-most visited state of ohio, 21 there, and then florida is next followed by pennsylvania and nevada. why so many visits? because the road to the white house runs especially through virginia. so for more on virginia and analysis of swing state electoral mass from new york i'm joined by david paul kuhm, he is the chief political core upon dent for real politics. thank you for joining us. >> pleasure to be here. >> explain that. >> the democrats have an advantage on the electoral map right now, and barack obama can lose the candidacy if he loses virginia. it is really very simple. >> let's look at the latest washington post poll because it has obama at 51% and romney at 44 in virginia. what is going on inside of virginia that causes the president to do so well and mitt romney to have to catch up. >> that poll probably exaggerated barack obama's strength. if you look at the aggregate of he's say the last five polls, obama is up 3 percentage points. either way it'ser terrible for the republican party and mitt romney. and it has to concern romney's team and what is going on. it's the new
the next-most visited state of ohio, 21 there, and then florida is next followed by pennsylvania and nevada. why so many visits? because the road to the white house runs especially through virginia. so for more on virginia and analysis of swing state electoral mass from new york i'm joined by david paul kuhm, he is the chief political core upon dent for real politics. thank you for joining us. >> pleasure to be here. >> explain that. >> the democrats have an advantage on the...
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he was in nevada. he went and bought a lot of pizzas for some folks. here's the actual audio of him showing up with pizza. [ applause ] barack obama what's going on, everybody? [ cheering ] >> john: since i'm voting for mitt romney, i can only imagine what mitt would have done in that situation. mitt would have actually bought the pizzeria, outsourced the jobs then brought vouchers to people and would have gotten an equal response. here's some of the folks at the pizza party right afterwards. barack obama is it 34? >> 37. barack obama 36. so whatever it is, it is really coming up quick and obviously nevada is going to be critical to this election. >> john: the president doesn't know how many days until the election. he doesn't care how many -- you think he really didn't know how many days until the election? >> i mean -- first of all these outrageous countdowns to a certain day drive me nuts but we're not that far out. >> john: it's not that far out. he should know. i would think he knows. >> john: i think he's aware of it. that's how cool and off the
he was in nevada. he went and bought a lot of pizzas for some folks. here's the actual audio of him showing up with pizza. [ applause ] barack obama what's going on, everybody? [ cheering ] >> john: since i'm voting for mitt romney, i can only imagine what mitt would have done in that situation. mitt would have actually bought the pizzeria, outsourced the jobs then brought vouchers to people and would have gotten an equal response. here's some of the folks at the pizza party right...
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. >> baldwin in wisconsin nevada, we've got to keep people like claire mckassical. >> from michigan. >> the only way we're going to sub seed at emily's lift is if women and men around this country who are ready to stop this war on women and get these women elected. this is how we're going to stop this. >> and contribute to emily's list. >> come on over to emily's list. >> thank you so much for coming. appreciate the work you do. >> still a lot more ahead on the war room. stick around, we will be right back. from keith olberman. >>that's what we're here for. a special edition. countdown, super tuesday, with keith olberman. only on current tv. cucurrenttv
. >> baldwin in wisconsin nevada, we've got to keep people like claire mckassical. >> from michigan. >> the only way we're going to sub seed at emily's lift is if women and men around this country who are ready to stop this war on women and get these women elected. this is how we're going to stop this. >> and contribute to emily's list. >> come on over to emily's list. >> thank you so much for coming. appreciate the work you do. >> still a lot more...
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. >> they're going to play crucial roles, colorado nevada, crucial key states, and there was a poll that had obama up 61% on the hispanic. if you look at the pattern george bush did fairly well and won. john mccain did poorly and lost. and mitt romney is doing poorly. he cannot win these battleground states and going forward. it's going to be hard for the republican party because this a surging portion of the population. >> joy: he seems to be doing better with women, romney, than he was doing when that whole thing started with the sonograms, etc. but he's going to lose the latino vote. >> yeah, i think so. >> joy: he will. he was just as wishy, washy on the subject of taxes. when he was talking to bob schieffer. let's watch that. >> which of the deductions are you going to be willing--which of the tax credits when will you tell us that. >> joy: we'll go through that process with congress. what is he talking about? doug, you try it. >> mitt romney has a 5 trillion-dollar tax plan which is not paid for and he he has not disclosed how it will be paid for. he said he signed grover norquist'
. >> they're going to play crucial roles, colorado nevada, crucial key states, and there was a poll that had obama up 61% on the hispanic. if you look at the pattern george bush did fairly well and won. john mccain did poorly and lost. and mitt romney is doing poorly. he cannot win these battleground states and going forward. it's going to be hard for the republican party because this a surging portion of the population. >> joy: he seems to be doing better with women, romney, than...
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oregon, nevada, utah on fire. left twix factory cascades caramel and chocolate onto cookie, while right twix factory flows caramel and chocolate onto cookie. today they share nothing but a wrapper and a driveway. try both and pick a side. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right, you know you've heard a lot about paul ryan, but you may not have heard exactly how conservative he is. in 2004 he pushed for a social security privatization plan that was so radical that even george w. bush called it irresponsible. he has almost the identical record to michelle bachmann in his voting record. do you know he would be the most extreme vice presidential candidate according to his voting record since 1900. that's over 100 years. the most extreme. so he is as conservative a v.p. candidate as we've had in an enormously long time. now meanwhile before i get to his record on climate change let me tell what you is happening in this country. we've had the most widest reaching droughts. we've got 58,000 dead fish showing up in the
oregon, nevada, utah on fire. left twix factory cascades caramel and chocolate onto cookie, while right twix factory flows caramel and chocolate onto cookie. today they share nothing but a wrapper and a driveway. try both and pick a side. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right, you know you've heard a lot about paul ryan, but you may not have heard exactly how conservative he is. in 2004 he pushed for a social security privatization plan that was so radical that even george w. bush...
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as you can get to some of the caucus states coming up, nevada, minnesota, states where gingrich might have an inherent advantage because the caucusgoers tend to be more conservative, the money that the super pac can put in for the organization, that can also be something of a difference maker. again, just to put in context cenk the money spend here in florida, $15.3 million. that is more money spent by that super pac then spent by all the republicans combined in all of the primaries four years ago. that's how intense the buy has been. >> that's amazing. that's a great stat by david. david, thank you so much for joining us. i really appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >> you know, what i want everybody to recognize the other thing that he said. if $15 million is in ads but he has all the extra money in organizing, etc. too. you don't even see that in the numbers. i want to bring in one other person, governor jennifer granholm, the host of war. it starts tonight at 8:00. governor granholm, great to have back on the young turks. i want to ask you. if you're in newt gringrich's war room ton
as you can get to some of the caucus states coming up, nevada, minnesota, states where gingrich might have an inherent advantage because the caucusgoers tend to be more conservative, the money that the super pac can put in for the organization, that can also be something of a difference maker. again, just to put in context cenk the money spend here in florida, $15.3 million. that is more money spent by that super pac then spent by all the republicans combined in all of the primaries four years...
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have which is where do you find child care for you kid if you need to go to work or the waitress in nevada who has to put food on the table while also paying for health care for her kids. so, yet, this is a couple who in a curious irony in this moment in history eliot, where we have gilded age inequality they prep the kind of plutocracy in this country. and she seems a sympathetic person and i think there has been unfairness to her where she said i don't feel rich he shoo i had is an at one point, or i feel i've suffered a lot and people make fun of that. she has suffered there's been illnesses and cancer and that's beside the point and we shouldn't get caught up too much in the personalities. >> let me stop you, i agree with you. the interesting thing about american politics is there have been moments and i'm not sure this is one of them. there have been moments where that gilded plutocracy has appealed to the public. understand some of the kennedy mystique. >> yeah, but that was a very different moment in american history and there was a sense of youth and ideaism and i think this countr
have which is where do you find child care for you kid if you need to go to work or the waitress in nevada who has to put food on the table while also paying for health care for her kids. so, yet, this is a couple who in a curious irony in this moment in history eliot, where we have gilded age inequality they prep the kind of plutocracy in this country. and she seems a sympathetic person and i think there has been unfairness to her where she said i don't feel rich he shoo i had is an at one...
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iowa has one and one in nevada, virginia new hampshire and florida. that's all right? is that where you would be telling them to spend -- >> he wins ohio, he wins. i don't see there's any path for romney to win this without ohio. >> jennifer: if romney won everything else -- >> he could win everything else but it makes it almost impossible for him. i would be in ohio. i would be in virginia. i would be in iowa. >> jennifer: would you be in north carolina joe? >> no. >> jennifer: really? >> yeah. >> jennifer: even though early voting is -- what about florida? >> no. i would spend more time -- >> jennifer: 2 points up. >> you can block -- you know, you force the other campaign to spend money. you keep it tight and it is a chance -- there's absolutely no way he can get florida. >> the thing about this race which i've never seen before in the five presidential races i've worked on, there's more money than god. you can put it anywhere. $3 billion so who cares where you put it. you can put it anywhere. >> jennifer: romney is spending money in minnesota and other places sayin
iowa has one and one in nevada, virginia new hampshire and florida. that's all right? is that where you would be telling them to spend -- >> he wins ohio, he wins. i don't see there's any path for romney to win this without ohio. >> jennifer: if romney won everything else -- >> he could win everything else but it makes it almost impossible for him. i would be in ohio. i would be in virginia. i would be in iowa. >> jennifer: would you be in north carolina joe? >>...